Most popular girls’ names in Alabama, 1940

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,078
2	Betty	1,158
3	Barbara	817
4	Dorothy	663
5	Annie	654
6	Shirley	572
7	Martha	536
8	Patricia	511
9	Margaret	419
10	Carolyn	408
11	Doris	391
12	Linda	366
13	Peggy	335
14	Sarah	307
15	Joyce	304
16	Elizabeth	294
16	Virginia	294
18	Willie	291
19	Helen	281
20	Ruby	265
21	Frances	263
22	Alice	248
23	Mattie	205
23	Mildred	205
25	Nancy	204

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Evelyn	189
27	Emma	186
27	Sandra	186
29	Gloria	181
30	Lillie	169
31	Louise	168
32	Juanita	167
33	Janice	163
34	Geraldine	162
35	Glenda	158
35	Ruth	158
37	Bobbie	157
38	Ann	155
39	Edna	152
40	Brenda	151
40	Carol	151
42	Ethel	147
43	Judy	145
44	Rebecca	144
45	Patsy	143
46	Charlotte	141
47	Sara	136
48	Bonnie	134
48	Wanda	134
50	Julia	131
51	Jean	130
52	Bernice	126
53	Judith	125
54	Johnnie	121
54	Minnie	121
56	Clara	120
56	Jo	120
56	Sylvia	120
59	Marie	119
60	Ella	118
61	Rosie	117
62	Bertha	116
62	Catherine	116
62	Joan	116
65	Nellie	114
66	Faye	112
67	Jessie	110
68	Fannie	105
68	Hazel	105
70	Carrie	104
70	Shelby	104
72	Christine	103
73	Bessie	102
73	Lois	102
75	Annette	100
75	Norma	100
77	Sue	99
78	Jane	98
79	Eva	97
80	Hattie	96
80	Josephine	96
80	Laura	96
83	Rosa	94
83	Thelma	94
85	Bettye	91
86	Billie	90
86	Georgia	90
88	Eleanor	89
88	Jeanette	89
90	Gladys	88
91	Gwendolyn	87
91	Ida	87
93	Margie	86
94	Rose	84
94	Wilma	84
96	Lillian	82
97	Alma	79
98	Jimmie	78
98	Mamie	78
100	Bettie	74
100	Susie	74